345th Meeting: Celebrate

It's the most joyous season of the year, and Filcom opted for the merry way to memorialize 2018 - decorating Tafawoq Hall with all things joyful for its 345th meeting and yearend celebration! Surrounded by holiday ornaments, lanterns, and balloons, SAA Hisham set everyone to festive mood before giving the floor to Leo who officially opened the meeting and led the group in singing Qatar's National Anthem in celebration of Qatar National Day. TMOD Diana then introduced the meeting theme, "Celebrate!" with matching confetti poppers! 🎉

🎈 CELEBRATE EXPERIENCES 🎈

At Filcom, we celebrate not just events, but also the many inspiring stories each member shares. Five spectacular speakers celebrated and shared their experiences through prepared speeches. Azhar for his ice breaker speech "Hero Behind Me", delivered a very touching piece giving honor to his father. Satish, with his ice breaker speech "Vantage Point" introduced himself to the club through anecdotes from his childhood and his adventures leading to his life as an IT professional. Lotfy on the other hand, once again led everyone to reconnecting with our roots to start our forgiveness journey, in his speech "Heal The Path". Tag, meanwhile shared her tips on tapping into our real happiness through her speech "Happy New You." Leo, used his technical expertise by using visual aids and the Internet in his speech "Getting into the Technicalities of Pathways".

🎈 CELEBRATE UNCERTAINTIES 🎈

No matter how organized our plans are, surprises are constant in life. Even in predicaments that may not cause us to be ecstatic, there are always reasons to celebrate life for if we can see the beauty behind these uncertainties. TTM Ginalyn who introduced an interesting twist to the segment grouped the table topics volunteers into two teams, each with three members. Mehdi, Guest Ayman, Dennis, Dr. Farooq, Tag, and Rashed were the ones who braved the exciting uncertainties of the segment.

🎈 CELEBRATE GROWTH 🎈

Our life experiences, no matter what package they come in, successes or failures, joys or pains, positive or negative, are simply opportunities for growth. In Toastmasters, we value growth, and we celebrate it in the Evaluation segment. Obaid led the third part of the meeting and called on Evaluators CJ, Jessie, Shyam, Fouad, and Nadim who gave their salient feedbacks on their respective speech assignments. Rashed as Grammarian, Manij as Ah Counter, and Tenny as Timer, rendered their corresponding reports before Obaid delivered his General Evaluation.

The Business Section was made special by our guests from The Voice of Nepal who performed a soulful song rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine". DTM Dr. Farooq also delighted everyone, announcing the great news worthy of celebration - Filcom achieving the President Distinguished Club status.

Truly, it was a night of celebrating every thing life has offered us in 2018. Filcomites' grateful hearts made it possible to find beauty in every circumstance.

"We don't need to wait for a special event to rejoice. Every day, find something you are grateful for, and celebrate. Celebrate the glories and triumphs, the challenges and struggles, and everything that life is teaching us. Most importantly, and this we often forget. Celebrate YOU." 🤗🎈🎉

-       Diana Tangente, TMOD
345th Meeting, Celebrate

Best Speaker: Lotfy and Tag
Best Table Topic Speaker: DTM Dr. Farooq, Tag, and Rashed
Best Evaluator: Shyam
Best Segment Host: Diana